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1901. “You Did That for Me!”

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... , religious, social or psychic resources are exhausted, and we are bankrupt. Then, someone comes along. “Yes,” they say, “I’ll co-sign your note.” Or, they listen, caringly, helping us to see viable solutions to our dilemma. They assure us that our reactions are perfectly acceptable. By their strength we are bolstered until we move past the windless sea on which we have been idling and begin to pick up new winds of challenge blowing for us. You did that for me! The most we can manage is to sit ...

1902. The Needle’s Eye

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... pain and distress. He never heard. See! He was slow to help, but that had nothing to do with hands, for he was eternally busy with his own projects. He ran away from the problem without using his feet. He failed to see, even though his eyesight was perfect. Without involving his hands he held on to his own way and will. Without involving his feet at all he ran from responsible reactions. He saw only what he wanted to see. All the time he lived in a hell of isolation and frustration. Jesus yearns for us ...

1903. A Road Map to the Kingdom

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... prayer by a tingling sensation in his back as he lay in bed. Certainly he could will himself into the sensation. If we think this way we learn how to turn wherever it feels right. To have good intentions becomes the bottom line. I recall having perfectly good intentions when I went off to college. I truly “believed hard enough.” What I discovered were hundreds of other young people with intentions just as good as mine. In many cases, they were more talented and brighter. It is hard to work our way back ...

1904. A Sign Of Divine Protection

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... was both. We are still faced with the question of obedience. Throughout the discourse of giving the directives for divine protection, God demands our obedience. One error along the way would destroy the plan. It is as if 99 and one-half will not do. Only a perfect score is adequate. The evening meal consisted of meat and bread. Remember, each man could only take the amount needed for his family, for waste was not tolerated by God. 8. “If some is left, then burn it in the morning.” Waste is not tolerated ...

1905. Revealed Glory

Exodus 16:1-36

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... The Lord, contends that “The whole earth is the setting and the measure of the glory of Yahweh… (p. 45).” God cannot be confined to time nor space, for he is in charge of eternity. He is the author of everlasting, the creator of every good and perfect gift, too wise to make a mistake. He forgives the sinner because of love. It is this God who uses the whole world as the canvas of the artist and the blueprint of the architect. The psalmist declared, “The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it ...

1906. Holy Unto The Lord

Exodus 19:1-25

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... glassy sea; cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee, which wert, and art, and ever more shall be. Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee, though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see, only thou art holy; there is none beside thee, perfect in power, in love and purity.” The prophet Isaiah declared, the words of the seraphs, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory… (Isaiah 6:3 NIV).” Then we read another version of the same declaration, as the ...

1907. God’s Ultimate Concern

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... its parts and is present everywhere at once. Not a part, but the whole of God is present in every place. God is also omnipotent -- the attribute of God which describes the ability to do whatever God wills. And God is omniscient -- the attribute by which God perfectly and eternally knows all things which can be known, past, present and future. What a God we serve. Then, we are forced to declare that we are related to a jealous God. Our salvation calls us to live in right relationship to God. This means that ...

1908. Saved By Grace

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... sin whenever it exists. Sometimes sin appears in very prominent places, like the church. Then, the fight against sin must still go on in sacred places. God called Israel, “a stiff-necked people.” How many of our churches today have members whom this description fits perfectly? Sin causes us to become stiff-necked. We begin to think more highly of ourselves and less of others. God takes to the offense, “Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will ...

1909. The Heart Of The Gospel

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... ’s the first thing I guess I’d want to say today. In a strange sort of way, we can take hope in our own grief. If **’s ministry had not been so effective, we’d not have so much to grieve about. It’s not that he was the perfect minister, of course. None of us are, and none of us can be. But in his ministry, not just to the congregations he served, but to his friends and family, too, he surely felt the kind of love that Paul expressed in the first words after his greeting to the ...

1910. God The Creator

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... you, and we believe the promise which you bring in Jesus. Understand our grief. Understand our feelings as we face the tragedy of *’s death. And hold us up Lord. We commit * to you, and put our faith in you — the one true living God, the one we know most perfectly in Jesus. Amen. *Person’s first name**Person’s full name

1911. The Majesty Of God's Love

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... , is that he cannot escape us human beings. From now on, at least since the ascension, he and Jesus are one. The man Jesus, a man in many ways like you and me, is so wrapped up in God that together they form one. Their union is even more perfect. The Holy Spirit, who according to Augustine, is the blessed love between Father and Son, makes them one.4 The Father loves the Son and the Spirit makes them one. That is the Trinity doctrine in a nutshell. Insofar as the ascension of Jesus entails that this oneness ...

1912. Good News!

Isaiah 51:17--52:12

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... thy salvation, Enter every trembling heart. When Christ enters the trembling heart of the believer, the believer comes home to God. It happens every Christmas. Finish then thy new creation, Pure and spotless let us be; Let us see thy great salvation Perfectly restored in thee! When Christ enters hearts filled with sin, righteousness and purity replace self-centeredness. Captives to sin are set free. Another John, the one for whom Wesley was named, described the good news over 1,700 years before John Wesley ...

1913. Robert Paul, You Were Right!

Daniel 7:1-14, Daniel 7:15-28

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... he writes the following words: Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of God. Hebrews 12:1-2 Like Daniel who appealed to the saints of the Most High, to cheer up those who were ...

1914. No One Enters The Kingdom… Save With Empty Hands

2 Samuel 5:1-5

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... These 66 books constitute the primary source document of the Christian faith. Without the Scriptures we would not know about God’s great plan of redemption in Christ. Finally the Scriptures lead us to Christ, the living Word of God. He is the full and the perfect expression of God. He is the one to whom the Scriptures bear witness. Christ the King is our supreme authority. What Kind Of Authority Is It? Once we have determined who has authority over us, we must proceed to ask: “What kind of authority is ...

1915. The Dreamer Within You

Joel 2:18-27, Joel 2:28-32

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... the good news in Asia Minor, but crossed over into Europe and provided the groundwork for the later proclamation of the Gospel by Europeans in the new world of America. And of course, we observed Jesus himself who is fittingly characterized as “the pioneer and perfecter of our faith (Hebrews 12:2).” In Hannah Green’s novel I Never Promised You A Rose Garden, a young woman named Deborah struggles with her mental illness. One night she had a dream of winter darkness. Out of this darkness came a great ...

1916. The Road To Capernaum

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... in and he started to leave. She walked over to the door and said, "Dr. Ozment, I don't know what she might have told you, but she is losing her mind, so don't believe any~ thing she said." And, Bob Ozment replied, "She carried on a perfectly grand conversation, and I believe every word she said."1 I do not know of anyone who has more kind things said about them than preachers. We receive far more compliments than we deserve. Most people just naturally love their preacher and will bend over backward to say ...

1917. Wedding: 1 Corinthians 13

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon Aid

Mark Pepoon

... on his own way. He is not irritable or resentful. He does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right.CHRIST bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Now, that makes love a reality. By faith we have a Christ — because by his sinless perfect life, his innocent suffering and death, and the power of his resurrection, he has us! To be found by faith in Christ is to be found by love and to be made one in him and in his love. To be found outside of Christ is still to be ...

1918. The Illusion Of Neutrality

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... and the kingdom of Satan. He never nursed any illusions about being neutral. He wanted Jesus Christ to win. No Christian can be neutral about Jesus Christ. We follow the most un-neutral person who ever lived. Jesus of Nazareth lived on this earth a life of perfect obedience to God, a life so completely committed to God's way, it inevitably brought him into conflict with those who opposed that way. It is the life God intends for us to live; and unless we are prepared to live it, and if need be to suffer ...

1919. The Baby Who Changes Everything

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... pressed against the glass, looking for something quite special. Finally, with a satisfied air, she entered Pete Richards' store. "Mister," she began, "could I have that string of blue beads in the window?" Pete brought them out. She looked at them and said, "They're perfect! Will you wrap them up pretty for me, please?" Pete studied her with a somewhat stony air. "Are you buying these for someone?" "They're for my big sister. She takes care of me. This will be the first Christmas since my mom died and ...

1920. What Christmas Is About

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... imagined a Messiah like Jesus Christ. But down through the long centuries, God's people have looked back to the names Isaiah chose to describe the hope of Israel - names like Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace - and felt those names perfectly fit the one who entered life in a Bethlehem stable. So let us look afresh at each of those names that we might understand who Jesus is and what Jesus has done for us. 1. Wonderful Counselor The first name is Wonderful Counselor. In ...

1921. Ka-Chang

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

John Jamison

... dreamed of the day when he might stick that dagger into a Roman Centurion. Zealots believed that God wanted his people free, and believing that, vowed to accept death before becoming a slave to Caesar. The Zealots found the caves of Mount Arbel to be the perfect hideout. They could swoop down during the night and carry out their terrorist raids and then climb back into the caves and be untouchable. They slept in the caves, ate in the caves, and built their weapons in the caves. That's what everyone on the ...

1922. On Being Salty

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

John Jamison

... was a homemade kind of thing, and I guess looked as homemade as it was, but it floated well enough to give him a place to sleep when he could find his way to it. Somehow Uncle Peacock had to earn this woman's affections, and he came upon the perfect plan to do just that. Uncle Peacock decided he was going to untie his houseboat and float down the river to New Orleans. That sounded like the kind of thing to get a woman's attention, but you need to remember that this was a river town, and attention was ...

1923. For Your Part

Matt 5:17-37

Sermon

John Jamison

... those items, or have them in their homes during the holiday. So, why not just pack the things up, take them to a non-Jewish neighbor, sell the box to them for a buck, then, buy it back after the holiday? Quick, efficient, much cheaper, and perfectly legal. If you understood the law. They were many things, yes, but righteous was not necessarily one of them. Jesus continued, "You have heard that you shall not kill." He gazed at the teachers in the distance, and they shifted uneasily under his stare. No fewer ...

1924. Wounded Glory

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Erskine White

... His hands because I know what would happen to the nerves and tendons. His healing hands became crippled and gnarled, twisted shut on the cross." "Finally," the doctor continued, "there were His resurrected hands. You and I think of Paradise as a place of perfection, but when Jesus was raised up from the dead, He still had His earthly wounds and He showed them to His disciples." The effect on the audience of lepers was electric: "Christ had crippled, claw-like hands like mine? Christ showed His hands to ...

1925. God Forsaken

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Erskine White

... , dear God, that You have sent Your son, Jesus Christ, to bear our griefs and carry our burdens. Leave us grateful for our crosses in life, grateful that we are walking in the Way of our Savior. Teach us to see His light in even the darkest night, that our perfect faith may drive out all fear. Help us to see Him standing beside us all our days that we may never feel God forsaken. Make us always able to lean on the everlasting arms of Him who is our rest and our hope, through this life and into all eternity ...

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